Number two

Hi: OH friends,

I have a question, when you had your first bowel movement after surgery, did you have or see blood in your stool? I ask this question because with all the cutting and stapling that was done, I think you would see blood in the stool. I have not had surgery yet, maybe at the end of December, will be my day.

88

Nope, not a drop. 

Thanks, that's good to hear.

88

Nope.  Although, I did have diarrhea.  I was a little disconcerted by that, but I've seen many on this forum state that they also had it.

Thanks for your reply, that was helpful, will add to my list of questions.

88

Not a bit. In fact, my surgeon said that typical VSG patients loose less than 3 cc of blood during surgery.

I didn't have any blood, but it did take 3 days for a very small bm, and nothing since, so while some people have diarrhea after, it doesn't happen to everyone.

I had my surgery on 11/25.  The pre-op bowel prep is certainly the worst.  I am not sure if that was still in my system post-op but for the first 4 days after surgery I had very watery diarrhea.  Now one week post op my stool is very loose, but not so watery.  I also have not had any of the constipation that others complain of.  I am not sure if that is a side effect from the pain medication that they were taking.  I only take the pain medication once a day and that is at night prior to going to bed for a more comfortable sleep; pain free.

no and you shouldn't either. They use a suction inside to suck out any look that the staple/cautery gun misses. The stapler,cuts staples and cauterizes the incision all at the same time. It is a very bloodless procedure actually.